Highlighting threads that have been read

How can I tell which threads I've previously looked at?

Sometimes I want to go back & re-read a thread or posting, but am not sure which thread. Previously I would just scroll back & look through the different colored ones which indicated I was there earlier. It made looking for previously read material easy to find because I knew where to look.

I want to be able to distinguish which threads I’ve read from those not read. And threads with new postings from those without new postings. IIRC that’s how it used to work.

If I mark forum read, then I have no idea which threads I visited & was following.

If I do not mark forum read then I have no idea which threads have new postings.

At least that seems how it appears to me.

Thank you so much for the information. Now I can actually figure out where I was & where I am going. I had FF12 & just upgraded to FF13 a couple days ago.

I notice mark forum read and read first new post features are gone. The mark forum read is a non-issue because the colors now tell me that. I was getting used to the read first new post feature. Is there anyway to get that back? If not no big loss.

How did you do make your own custom colors?

Thanks again.

I don't see any icons or pics on the left & perhaps I'm not looking in the right place. I see the avatars but that is it. Where should I be looking?

I see the mark forums at the top.

Thanks

I understand about re-clicking to mark as read.

I clicked on the color boxes before but nothing happened, perhaps I did not click accurately. But this time it did open up the multiple color boxes.

When you mention the "check boxes in there don't really do what they say" are you referring to the ones in fonts & colors? The only one I un-checked is the one about allowing pages to use their own colors.

I was wondering how un-checking that box would affect other websites & it does. Is there some hidden function that would allow this to affect only certain selected websites? Or is there some way to have multiple versions of FF on a PC? Maybe a different browser just for this forum.

Those icons as shown in post 6 do not appear for me. There is just a plain empty white square where the icon should be.

And there are no icons displayed in the main forum page, the page before you select a topic.

The only thing that shows up are the avatars after I get into a thread.

The only thing I changed was unchecking that one box in Firefox's colors. Obviously some other factor is at play here.

I get the bold & different colors. I just don't get the icon.

I just updated to FF13 a few days ago & so far I don't have any problems with any other website. I never tried unchecking the color box with FF12 because I already had FF13 when I heard of this "fix".

Is there some other FF setting such as cookies or ad blocking or something else that i might need to change?

What version of FF are you using?

I don't recall doing anything to block any icons. I do have "accept third party cookies" turned off, could that make a difference?

I tried IE8 and unchecked colors under the Internet options but it made no difference. Unless I have to logoff & logon again with IE8.

I have FF12 on my HTPC and will have to wake it up & uncheck colors & see how it behaves.

I just tried turning on "accept third party cookies" and it made no difference.

I unchecked colors in FF13 & allowed third party cookies. Then closed the browser & opened it. Went back to the forum & still no icons. I have no idea what is happening to the icons. When I go to another website such as weather.com it looks a lot different and sort of stripped down or missing something. It looks really basic & stark, sort of like the forum looks to me. Maybe that's an indication of something?

I also tried changing colors in IE8 but it made no difference. I'm not that familiar with IE8 but I went into Tools>Internet Options>General tab>Colors. And then unchecked "use Windows colors". The colors that came up look similar to those when unchecking FF. I closed out IE8 and went back in and did not see any changes at all in the forum. Colors still looked the same, etc.

When unchecking the colors it also turns off the black background at the top of this page and the "AVS" logo also disappears.

I thought I had FF on my HTPC but do not yet. I just built it & have not got to installing it. IOW I could not try FF on a different PC.

Which version of Firefox are you using?

What you are showing looks like the standard default forum colors. I get those with the icons.

But I was trying to use the colors as explained above by fjames. When I go to Tools > Options > Content > and uncheck the color box that says to allow pages to use their colors is when I have a problem. I get different colors like he does, but I lose the icons.

The main problem I have with the default forum colors is there is not a big difference between the light blue-gray and the very slightly darker blue-gray. My monitor is calibrated and I have to really look carefully at the forum so I don't miss something. I can't just quickly scan down the page & notice the difference & read what I want.

As mentioned in my last reply it looks like the image you posted is using the default forum colors.

What happens when you uncheck the color box in FF as done by fjames? That's when I have a problem.

When done with a forum I've been clicking on the icon next to the forum's name in order to "mark forum read". That's an extra step & should not have to be done. Technology should work for me, not the other way around. I also have been using the black forum skin which helps to see which thread you have been in. So far this "update" is a step backwards.